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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
May. 28, 2004
Applicants:
Zhou Hong, San Jose, CA (US);
Chih-hong Fu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhou Hong, San Jose, CA (US);
Chih-Hong Fu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
S3 Graphics Co., Ltd., Grand Cayman, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 12/02 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/28 (2006.01); G06F 9/30 (2006.01); G09G 5/39 (2006.01); G09G 5/36 (2006.01); G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G11C 99/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A graphics processing system has a cache which is partitionable into two or more slots. Once partitioned, the slots are dynamically allocatable to one or more texture maps. First, number of texture maps needed to render a given scene is determined. Then, available slots of the cache are allocated to the texture maps. Sometimes, more slots are allocated to the largest texture map. At other times, more slots are allocated to the texture map which is likely to be used most often. The slots can also be allocated equally to all of the texture maps needed.